William hinze



W. HINZE.

WINDOW GUARD.

No. 319,252. Patented June 2,1885.

NITEn Starts WILLIAM HINZE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

WlNDOW-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,252, dated June 2, 1885. Application filed March 18, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HINZE, a citi= zen of the United States, residing in Newark, Essex county, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WindoW-Guards, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention consists in a window guard or screen pivoted to the window-frame near the sill, and provided with means for sus taining it both in a vertical and horizontal position.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an inner view of a window provided with such a guard. Fig. 2 is a section of the same on line as m in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an inside view of the lockcase and bolt-shaft; and Fig. 4, a section of the lock-case at the center of the spindle, which latter is not in section.

A is the guard; B, the window-frame; O, the upper and D the lower sash; E, the sill; F, the lock-case; G, the bolts; H, the suspension-links, and I the weighted supports. The guard-screen is provided with pivots a, suit ably journalcd in sockets a, which are let into the sides of the window-frame near the sill. At the upper edge of the guard is shown a lock-case, F, containing a spindle, (2, provided with a knob, F, and a spring, 0, to draw the knob toward the case to retain a lock-pin, e, in a hole, 6, in the case beneath the knob. A pinion, f, is fitted to the spindle, and the bolts G are formed with shafts 9, having teeth fitted to the pinion, so that the turning of the knob forces the bolts outward through the sides of the guard into a socket, h, let in the window-frame at opposite sides. The pin 6 looks the bolts outward, so that the operator needs to pull the knob toward him before it can be turned to unlock the bolts.

I am aware of the nursery-gate patented as No. 223,105, on December 30,1879, and which shows a frame of bars jointed separately to a steppiece on one side only of the window-frame; but such construction is not adapted, like mine, to form a rigid frame, and to be turned into a horizontal position either upon the inside or outside of the window-frame, to operate like a shelf or support.

I am also aware that a duplex lock has been heretofore constructed with atwo-armed lever in place of the pinion which I employ.

I do not therefore claim a jointed guard,

broadly, or a bolt with two looks, but consider that my construction differs from those cited in its adaptation to serve both as a guard and as a shelf, and in the means of operating the two bolts by a knob, as herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim the same as follows:

1. The combination, with the window-frame, of the guard pivoted near its lower edge to opposite sides of the frame, and a catch for holding the guard in a vertical position, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the window-frame, of the guard pivoted near its lower edge to opposite sides of the frame, and jointed links H, pivoted to the frame and guard to sustain it in such position, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

'WILLIAM HINZE.

Witnesses:

THOS. S. CRANE, G. G. HERRIOK. 

